Media Relations/Public Affairs Specialist - GA Emergency Mngmnt Agency - Atlanta, GA

Media Relations/Public Affairs Specialist - GA Emergency Mngmnt Agency - Atlanta, GA -

The Georgia Emergency Administration Agency/Workplace of Homeland Safety (GEMA/HS) coordinates the state’s preparedness, response and restoration efforts to disasters. GEMA/HS works with native, state and federal governments, in partnership with the personal sector and religion-based mostly group, to stop and reply to pure and man-made emergencies.

JOB SUMMARY:
The chosen candidate will work beneath the supervision of the Public Affairs Director to help and execute the company’s complete communications, outreach, marketing and digital media technique. Obligations will embrace supporting and executing the company’s inner and exterior communications packages, together with creating and implementing group and media relations plans.

Duties & Obligations:
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Drafts, coordinates and edits all kinds of written supplies together with information releases and advisories, speaking factors, blogs, and marketing materials.

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Executes media relations actions and communications.

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Develops and implements group relations methods, together with conducting outreach and offering shows and/or coaching to varied audiences.

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Assists with sustaining social media channels and web site.

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Makes suggestions for communications and marketing supplies based mostly on audience, messages, timeline, and so forth.

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Assists with the graphic idea improvement, design, and the manufacturing of marketing supplies.

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Responds to inquiries from constituents, companions, and different stakeholders.

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Performs different duties as assigned.

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Availability to work prolonged hours and shifts on non-conventional workdays or holidays throughout emergencies and willingness to tackle non-place associated duties as assigned along with common duties throughout disasters.

Technical Competencies:
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Robust writing, modifying and proofreading expertise.

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Expertise working in media relations, together with responding to inquiries and proactively pitching to media retailers.

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Educated of content material and message improvement.

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Expertise in public talking, together with the supply of shows or coaching packages to quite a lot of audiences.

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Expertise with Microsoft PowerPoint and different related presentation instruments and assets.

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Demonstrated venture management expertise with the power to satisfy deadlines, sustaining a number of tasks concurrently with frequent interruptions.

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Potential to work properly with others to finish staff tasks.

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Information of primary graphic design methods.

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Expertise in executing outreach campaigns.

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Means to offer course and suggestions on communications materials based mostly on information of audience, messages, and so on.

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Means to develop and/or make the most of metrics and compile and presenting leads to comprehensible method.

Most popular Technical Competencies:
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Graphic design expertise with intermediate to superior degree talent with Adobe Artistic Suite.

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Expertise managing social media platforms for presidency, company or a big group.

Most popular Qualifications:
Bachelor’s diploma in communications, public relations or a associated area from an accredited school or college AND two years of communications or associated expertise OR 5 years of communications or associated expertise.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The chosen candidate shall be required to move a background investigation as a situation of employment. Gadgets that could be examined in a background verify embrace however aren’t restricted to: credit score data, legal data, schooling data, previous employers, army data, state licensing/certification data, and driving data.

Please embrace in your profile or attachments an inventory of the pc purposes you understand how to make use of and your degree of talent in every program. Please additionally present another job associated info you would like us to think about in evaluating your qualifications for this place.

Qualifications

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Bachelor’s diploma in communications or a associated subject from an accredited school or college AND One yr of communications or associated expertise OR 4 years of communications or associated expertise OR One yr of expertise required on the decrease degree Communications Spec 1 (GSP040) or place equal.

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